tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52674910747543725052024-03-12T20:24:23.862-07:00Martin McGovern Genealogy BlogMartin McGovern Genealogy blog has been created for researchers of Martin McGovern b 1820 Ireland d 1900 Iowa to "connect" and share Genealogy information.Shelly Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765591282511833255noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267491074754372505.post-42647450514418961022014-03-24T16:11:00.000-07:002019-07-22T11:35:34.487-07:00Martin McGovern dies 1900Martin McGovern obit 2/28 1900 from the Dubuque Herald<br />
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News comes from New Mellary of the death there of an esteemed resident, Martin McGovern, at the advanced age of 88 years. The deceased was a native of Ireland and emigrated to this country when a young man, locating at Cleveland, Ohio, where for many years he was connected with the waterworks, His wife died thirty-nine years. For the past twenty years he has made his home most of the time with his son Thomas at New Mellary. He has three other sons, Martin of Cleveland, Patrick of Omaha and James of Mason City and one daughter Mrs Chambers of Cleveland. The funeral will be held at the Monestary Wednesday morning and will be conducted by Bennett Brothers.<br />
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I visited the Holy Family graveyard, and was unable to locate the tombstone of Martin, however, I did find the tombstone of his son Thomas.<br />
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Thomas McGovern<br />
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I will have to look-up an obituary for Thomas to see if I can find any info on his family. I did find a site on line that listed obit/marriages/death/census and found the following:<br />
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After Thomas death, his wife Mary ( nee Gerighty) moved to Minneapolis. She died 11/23/43 at the age of 91. She is buried in Minneapolis, Minn.<br />
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Son Thomas- was known as Brother Steven and was a Monk at the New Mellary Abby. He dies of TB 3/16/2011<br />
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Daughter Anna b 1880 approx m Roger. She was a widow and living with her Mom on the 1940 Census<br />
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Mary b 1881- not mentioned in 1929 obit of her sister??? <br />
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Catherine- was living with her mother as well in the 1940 census<br />
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Rosie b 1887 was also living with her mother in 1940. She did enter The Dominican order, but left prior to making her final vows.<br />
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Ellen or Nellie ???<br />
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Agnes- m Carl Eilert (b. Denmark) and by the 1920 (So. Dakota) census had 2 daughters Joslyn and Joyce (twins possibly). She was a widow and lived with her mother in the 1940 census as well.<br />
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Margaret went to So Dakota to study nursing in 1911. She married Roy Bisbee. They had one son Ralph who was a prominent musician. Her husband dies early- while on a boating outing- in her arms. She remarried Howarth. She had a routine surgery and died as a result of the surgery. She and her son are buried at Holy Family in Iowa. <br />
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This is all new to me, so I hope it is accurate and will keep plugging along.<br />
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Contact me if there are any questions!<br />
Shelly<br />
<br />Shelly Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765591282511833255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267491074754372505.post-26639672745395728302009-05-09T16:05:00.000-07:002010-05-26T14:40:13.420-07:001880 censusClick <a href="http://martinmcgoverngenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/05/martin-mcgovern-and-mary-moran-family.html">here</a> for Post one-Martin McGovern and Mary Moran family to the USA<br />
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Click <a href="http://martinmcgoverngenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/05/mcgoverns-to-america.html">here</a> for post two- McGovern's to America<br />
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<a href="http://martinmcgoverngenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/05/1880-census.html">This</a> is the third post-1880 Census<br />
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10 years later, we have Martin McGovern and the three youngest boys in Monona Iowa.<br />
Thomas is married, and the 2 boys are farm hands we believe. Martin is living with Thomas on the 1880 and 1885 census:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">1880 United States Census<br />
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Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace<br />
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Thomas MC GOVERN Self M Male W 28 IRE Farmer IRE IRE<br />
Mary MC GOVERN Wife M Female W 27 OH Keeping House IRE IRE<br />
Thomas MC GOVERN Son S Male W 2 IA At Home IRE OH<br />
Anna MC GOVERN Dau S Female W 1 IA At Home IRE IRE<br />
Morton (Martin) MC GOVERN Father W Male W 60 IRE Farmer IRE IRE<br />
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Source Information:<br />
Census Place Monona, Clayton, Iowa<br />
Family History Library Film 1254333<br />
NA Film Number T9-0333<br />
Page Number 514D<br />
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Iowa State Census, 1895<br />
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Name Age Birthplace Race County Town<br />
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Thomas McGovern 43 Ireland White Clayton Giard<br />
Mary McGovern 42 Ohio White Clayton Giard<br />
Thomas McGovern 17 Clayton CO IA White Clayton Giard<br />
Mary McGovern 13 Clayton CO IA White Clayton Giard<br />
Katie McGovern 11 Clayton CO IA White Clayton Giard<br />
Rosa McGovern 9 Clayton CO IA White Clayton Giard<br />
Nellie McGovern 6 Clayton CO IA White Clayton Giard<br />
Agnes McGovern 4 Clayton CO IA White Clayton Giard<br />
Maggie McGovern 2 Clayton CO IA White Clayton Giard<br />
Martin McGovern 78 Ireland White Clayton Giard<br />
James McGovern 35 Ireland White Clayton Giard<br />
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Patrick was working as a farm hand for a family named Carroll.<br />
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The family attended the Catholic Church in Menona and became familiar with the locals. Patrick and James left for South Dakota to Homestead along with John Carroll (wife Mary Ryan) and Mary's Aunt Ellen Bennett, and found the land not too fertile compared to the beautiful soil in Iowa. In Patrick's Homsteading papers, when asked if patrick had been a resident in Aurora, South Dakota, James replied "all except for one month where he went home to get him a wife". We have not been able to locate the marriage records for Patrick McGovern and Ellen Ryan, but know it was that one week.........<br />
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Things did not work out in South Dakota, and the group all moved on:<br />
Patrick and wife Ellen and 2 kids Margaret and patrick moved to South Omaha<br />
James went back to Iowa and lived with his brother Thomas and his family (Dad lived there too)</span>John and mary Carroll moved to Chicago<br />
Ellen Bennett also moved to Chicago<br />
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(And, no relation to George McGovern who lived in So Dakota)<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">1880 United States Census<br />
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Meanwhile, the other 3 kids remained in Cleveland:<br />
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Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>Martin</b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>MC GOVERN Self M Male W 40 IRE Coal Heaver IRE IRE<br />
Cecelia MC GOVERN Wife M Female W 40 IRE Keeping House IRE IRE<br />
Thomas MC GOVERN Son S Male W 11 OH Attends School IRE IRE<br />
Joseph MC GOVERN Son S Male W 9 OH IRE IRE<br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><b>Martin</b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>MC GOVERN Son S Male W 6 OH IRE IRE<br />
Mary Jane MC GOVERN Dau S Female W 4 OH IRE IRE<br />
Ann MC GOVERN Dau S Female W 1 OH IRE IRE<br />
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Source Information:<br />
Census Place Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio<br />
Family History Library Film 1255006<br />
NA Film Number T9-1006<br />
Page Number 379C</span><br />
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And Mary with her husband William Chambers<br />
Catherine with her husband Patrick ChambersShelly Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765591282511833255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267491074754372505.post-49013962696493802292009-05-09T15:28:00.000-07:002009-05-09T15:36:58.430-07:00McGovern's to AmericaThe Application for Naturalization by Martin McGovern is dated 1867 (from Cleveland, Ohio). I understand you need to live in the USA for 5 years prior to applying for naturalization, so we assume Martin came to the USA in 1862 approx.<br /><br />Naturalization papers are dated 1869 for Martin and Thomas (17 years old).<br /><br />Here is the 1870 census information from Cleveland, Ohio:<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Name Home in 1870 (City, County, State) Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Race Gender<br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><b>Martin</b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>McGovern Cleveland Ward 8, Cuyahoga, OH abt 1820 Ireland White Male (Laborer)<br />Thomas McGovern Cleveland Ward 8, Cuyahoga, OH abt 1855 Ireland White Male (Laborer)<br />Patrick McGovern Cleveland Ward 8, Cuyahoga, OH abt 1858 Ireland White Male<br />Mary McGovern Cleveland Ward 8, Cuyahoga, OH abt 1854 Ireland White Female (Keeping house)<br />James McGovern Cleveland Ward 8, Cuyahoga, OH abt 1861 Ireland White Male<br /><br />Household Members: Name Age<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><b>Martin</b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>McGovern 50<br />Thomas McGovern 15<br />Patrick McGovern 12<br />Mary McGovern 16<br />James McGovern 9<br /><br />And:<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Name Home in 1870 (City, County, State) Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Race Gender<br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><b>Martin</b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>McGavern Cleveland Ward 8, Cuyahoga, OH abt 1842 Ireland White Male (Laborer on dock)<br />Celia McGavern Cleveland Ward 8, Cuyahoga, OH abt 1842 Ireland White Female<br />Thomas McGavern Cleveland Ward 8, Cuyahoga, OH abt 1869 Ohio White Male<br /><br />Household Members: Name Age<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><b>Martin</b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>McGavern 28<br />Celia McGavern 28<br />Thomas McGavern 1<br /><br />Catherine is listed in the census married to Patrick Chambers in 7/1867<br /></span>Shelly Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765591282511833255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267491074754372505.post-72890404068095723822009-05-09T14:17:00.000-07:002009-05-09T14:35:45.743-07:00Martin McGovern and Mary Moran family from IrelandMartin McGovern was born in Ireland 1820, died 1900 in Iowa (near or in New Mellary).<br />He married Mary Moran in Ireland (year unknown). Their children were all born in Ireland:<br />Martin b 1845 Ireland married Cecelia Kearney 1868 in Cleveland Ohio<br /> after Cecelia died, he remarried Winifred Kane (Cain) 9/9/1884<br />Catherine b 1847 m Patrick Chambers 7/1867 Cleveland, Ohio<br />Thomas b 1852 m Mary Geraghty (Gerrity) in Monona Iowa<br />Mary m William Chambers 4/1875 in Cleveland, Ohio<br />Patrick m Ellen Ryan approx 1884<br />James b 1861 m Anna Clifford 1896 in Momona Iowa<br /><br />Mary Moran-we have never been able to locate whether or not Mary ever came to the USA, we are guessing she died in childbirth, or on the boat to the USA. (as noted below- in 1900 it states she passed 39 years prior, so in James birth year).<br /><br />Martin McGovern's obit 1900 Dubuque Iowa 2/28/1900<br />Dubuque Herald<br />News comes from New Mellary of the death there of esteemed resident, Mr Martin McGovern, at the advanced age of 88 years. The deceased was a native of Ireland, and emigrated to this country when a young man, locating at Cleveland, O., where for many years he was connected with the waterworks. His wife died thirty-nine years. For the past twenty years he has made his home most of the time with his son Thomas of New Mellary. He has three other sons, Martin of Cleveland, Patrick of Omaha and James of Mason City and one daughter Mrs Chambers of Cleveland. The funeral will be held at the Monestary Wednesday morning and will be conducted by Bennett Brothers.Shelly Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765591282511833255noreply@blogger.com0